"You want the truth?" He asks.
"Of course."
"I'd been training for years to become king, and when I finally became king, I quickly realized that it was actually a ridiculously—" he pauses, staring at me for a while, then he says, "awesome position! It was wonderful. How did I feel? Well, I felt completely ontop of the world, because I was. As king I get to control so many people. It's awesome, the power, the authority that comes with being a king is so much different from what you get being a prince. I don't even know how to explain it, I was totally elated."
I don't know when a scoff leaves my lips, "You are really something. I mean, don't normal people find it a burden when they first get into a new position? But you were ecstatic?"
